"Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis."
Reader-Response Theory, Structuralism, Deconstruction and Psychoanalytic Theory.
Authorship: The study of the ways in which an author's life and experiences are reflected in their works.
New Criticism: A school of literary theory that emphasizes close reading of texts to uncover their underlying thematic and symbolic meanings.
Reader Response Theory: A theory that emphasizes the role of the reader in interpreting and assigning meaning to a text.
Structuralism: The study of the structures that underlie language, culture, and society, and their relationship to literature.
Feminist Theory: A theory that examines the ways in which gender and power are constructed and represented in literature.
Postcolonial Theory: The study of the ways in which colonialism and imperialism have shaped both literature and culture.
Psychoanalytic Theory: A theory that emphasizes the role of the unconscious mind in shaping an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Marxism: A theory that examines the ways in which systems of economic and political power shape literature and culture.
Deconstruction: A theory that emphasizes the ways in which language is inherently unstable and contradictory, and the implications this has for literary analysis.
Postmodernism: A movement in literature and theory that emphasizes the fragmented and subjective nature of reality, and the difficulty of achieving objective truth.
Formalism: This type of literary analysis focuses exclusively on the text itself, disregarding any external influences or context.
Structuralism: Structuralist analysis views literature as a system of symbols and signs, each of which has an established meaning within the broader system of the literary work itself.
Post-Structuralism: This type of literary analysis goes beyond structuralism's focus on internal systems to emphasize texts' broader cultural, social, and political contexts.
Marxism: Marxist literary theory examines texts as reflections of class struggle and economic power relations.
Psychoanalytic Criticism: This type of literary analysis studies literature for insights into the human psyche, especially the subconscious and unconscious.
Feminist Criticism: Feminist theory examines literature for representations of gender roles, power dynamics between men and women, and how literary works portray and reinforce sexist stereotypes.
Postcolonial Criticism: This type of literary analysis explores the effects of colonialism and imperialism on literature, emphasizing the voices and perspectives of formerly colonized peoples.
Queer Theory: Queer theory examines representations of sexuality and gender identity in literature, challenging the rigid heteronormativity of many literary works.
Ecocriticism: This type of literary analysis looks at the relationships between literature and the natural world, exploring how literary works portray and interact with the environment.
Reception Theory: Reception theory examines how readers interpret and respond to literature, considering how different readers' backgrounds, experiences, and cultural contexts influence their understanding and appreciation of a text.
"Literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, moral philosophy, social philosophy, and interdisciplinary themes relevant to how people interpret meaning."
"Since the 19th century..."
"...post-structuralism."
"...strands of semiotics, cultural studies, philosophy of language, and continental philosophy."
"The nature of literature."
"The methods for literary analysis."
"Intellectual history, moral philosophy, social philosophy, and interdisciplinary themes relevant to how people interpret meaning."
"Literary scholarship in the humanities in modern academia is an offshoot of post-structuralism."
"Scholarly approaches to reading texts... are informed by strands of semiotics, cultural studies, philosophy of language, and continental philosophy."
"The word theory..."
"Scholarly approaches to reading texts..."
"To study the nature of literature and methods for literary analysis."
"Intellectual history, moral philosophy, social philosophy..."
"Semiotics, cultural studies, philosophy of language, continental philosophy..."
"Its roots date back to the 19th century."
"Intellectual history, moral philosophy, social philosophy..."
"Post-structuralism and strands of semiotics, cultural studies, philosophy of language, and continental philosophy."
"It has become an offshoot of post-structuralism."
"The humanities in modern academia..."